The institution, laws & ceremonies of the most noble Order of the Garter. . Collected and digested into one body by Elias Ashmole of the Middle-Temple Esq; Windesor Herald at Arms. A work furnished with variety of matter, relating to honor and noblesse.
Elias Ashmole (1617-1692)
Category
Books
Date
1672
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3026659
Summary
Bibliographic description
[12],130,135-136,149-719,[105]p., [34] leaves of plates (15 folded) . coats of arms, ill.., port.. . fol.. Provenance: armorial bookplate, lettered "Samuel George Smith" (elephant head atop crest; griffins; scallops; motto "Tenax in Fide") [i.e. banker and MP, (1822 – 1900)]. Pencil inscription "R.W. Ketton-Cremer Felbrigg 1947" [i.e. Robert Wyndham Ketton-Cremer (1906-1969)]. Binding: full diced leather within a blind-rolled frame, sewn onto five raised bands; gold-tooled on spine; gold-tooled direct onto spine "Ashmole's Order of the garter"; brown marbled endpapers, marbled edges. Boards detached. Bookshoe.
Makers and roles
Elias Ashmole (1617-1692) Wenceslaus Hollar (Prague 1607 - London 1677) William Sherwin (Wellington 1645 - 1711) Order of the Garter